Saturday August 17 : ‘Country Voices’
‘Country Voices’ with Roger Paul, Anne Babbs & Cherry Doyle at the ‘Water Rat’, Buildwas Road, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ, 2.30-4pm. MC Simon. Tickets £5 on the door.
Friday August 23 : John Woodall at ‘Live Poets Society’
John Woodall will be the headline poet at ‘Live Poets Society’ at Bridgnorth Library, 67 Listley St, Bridgnorth, WV16 4AW, 7.30-9.45pm. Also performing are Sharon Ashton, Morgan Birch, Barbara Chapman, Lizzie Prudence and Colin Wells. Tickets are £5 on the door (all proceeds go to the library), but spaces are limited, so please book in advance at the library or email bridgnorth.library@shropshire.gov.uk
Wednesday August 28 : Offa’s Press reading at Script Haven
Offa’s Press reading at Script Haven, 104, High Street, Worcester, WR1 2HW, with Simon Fletcher, Kuli Kohli & Michael W. Thomas plus local poets Polly Stretton and Maggie Reed, 7-8pm.
TICKETS HERE…
Tuesday July 2 : Poetry Readers at the Bolthole Cafe
Poetry Readers at the Bolthole Cafe, the Wharfage, Ironbridge, TF8 7AW 2-4pm. The theme is ‘Funny’.
Free event. For more info contact Simon: simonfletcher58@gmail.com.
Tuesday July 2 : Poetry Alight
Cherry Doyle is reading at Poetry Alight, 7.30pm at The Duke of York, Greenhill, Lichfield, WS13 6DY.
Entry £3.
Wednesday July 3 : An Evening with Kuli Kohli at Press Books & Coffee – CANCELLED
Sorry, folks, the event is cancelled owing to circumstances beyond our control. To be rearranged at some point.
An Evening with Kuli Kohli at Press Books & Coffee, 42, Market Street, Hednesford, WS12 1AG, 7.30-8.30pm. Kuli will be talking to her publisher, Simon Fletcher, about her extraordinary life and reading some wonderful poems.
Saturday July 6 : Simon at Poetry Jam
Simon will be sharing some of his environmental poetry at Poetry Jam, the Bolthole, Ironbridge, TF8 7BJ, 7-10pm.
Tickets £8 in advance available at thebolthole.store or £10 on the door.
Wednesday July 10 : ‘Words ‘n’ Birds’
‘Words ‘n’ Birds’ – Poetry and Papercraft with Jane Seabourne at Tettenhall Library, Upper St., Tettenhall, Wolverhampton WV6 8QF, 11am-1pm.
This is a free event.
Saturday July 13 : Poetry Workshop & Poetry Reading
Poetry Workshop & Poetry Reading: Environment, Image and Message
Times: Workshop 2-4pm & Reading, 5-6pm, at Footprint Gallery, Fusion Building, Jackfield Tile Museum, Church Road, Jackfield, Telford TF8 7AP, with David Bingham & Simon Fletcher plus Cherry Doyle who’ll be joining us to read from her recent Offa’s Press collection, The Taste of Rain.
This exciting workshop will encourage poets to collect images from the local environs and think about how best to get their messages across in this time of ‘nature crisis’ and ‘climate crisis’. How can we write poetry about the current issues and what’s going on now?
Workshoppers will be encouraged to take photos on the gentle walk and these will be made into prints by artist Rod Sheppard, one to be kept and one added to a gallery display. Those attending would be expected to read their work with Simon, David and Cherry at the 5pm event.
Workshop tickets £10. For the poetry reading only, 5-6pm, tickets are £4 on the door. Car parking if available – £1 an hour. For more details and to register interest please contact Simon: simonfletcher58@gmail.com.
Saturday July 13 : Black Country Day Poetry
To celebrate Black Country Day local poets and story writers meet at Penn Library, Wolverhampton, 3-4pm, including Marion Cockin, Anne Babbs, Fraser Scott, Margaret Lampitt & Jill Tromans.
Free event. All welcome.
Saturday July 13 : ‘Poetry & Pastries’
‘Poetry & Pastries’ Emma Purshouse will be performing a set of poetry as part of the Crysse Morrison Prize for Poetry Prizegiving event at Bistro Lotte, 23 Catherine St., Frome, BA11 1DB, 3.30-5pm.
